A Feast for Crows

A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4

By: George R.R. Martin

Narrated by: Roy Dotrice

Length: 33 hrs and 51 mins

Publisher's summary

GAME OF THRONES: A NEW ORIGINAL SERIES, NOW ON HBO.

Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin’s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy that began with A Game of Thrones. Now, in A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace . . . only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction.

A Feast for Crows

It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears. . . . With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King’s Landing. Robb Stark’s demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist—or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out.

But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces—some familiar, others only just appearing—are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead.

©2007 George R.R. Martin (P)2011 Random House

Critic reviews

"Of those who work in the grand epic-fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best.... [He] is a tense, surging, insomnia-inflicting plotter and a deft and inexhaustible sketcher of personalities.... This is as good a time as any to proclaim him the American Tolkien." ( Time)

"The only fantast series I'd put on a level with J.R.R. Tolkein's The Lord of the Rings…. It's a fantasy series for hip, smart people, even those who don't read fantasy…. If you're new to the series, you must begin with Book 1, A Game of Thrones. Once you're hooked…. you'll be like the rest of us fans, gnawing your knuckles until book 5” (Marta Salij, Detroit Free Press)

“THE MOST impressive modern fantasy, both in terms of conception and execution, is George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire.… A masterpiece that will be mentioned with the great works of fantasy.” ( Contra Costa Times)

Different voices/pronunciations

Same narrator as the first three books, but in this one he changes up some of his voices and some pronunciations of names and places. Why, Roy, why?!?

they changed the narrator

great story good follow from the first three but not my favorite of the four books so far to date. changing the narrator made it difficult to regain the characters I had recognized in the first three books.

More adventures in Westeros

What did you love best about A Feast for Crows?

The narration and some of the storylines

Who was your favorite character and why?

I'm not sure how to answer that.

Which scene was your favorite?

He lets people know who's who, and describes them in detail

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Nothing wrong at all.

Any additional comments?

None.

Another great performance

loved the narration. Was a very good book, but is my least favorite of series

Great Performance, Great Story

Would you listen to A Feast for Crows again? Why?

I will definitely listen to A Feast for Crows again. It was long and slow, but covered a great deal of information for many characters.

What other book might you compare A Feast for Crows to and why?

Feast for Crows is probably the slowest of the 5 (so far) Song of Ice and Fire Series, but it keeps you going and has a lot of subtle story plots that are interesting.

What about Roy Dotrice’s performance did you like?

He does a great job reading the normal text as well as all the voices of the characters. If you watch the Game of Thrones HBO Series, it takes a little while to get rid of the actors voice in your head and accept Roy Dotrice's, but once you do, you learn to appreciate the effort he goes into all the character voices.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

From the Shadows

Voices were different from the previous books

The narrator's character voices were different from the previous books. Story was still overall good.

worst narration ever

great story but narrator changes pronunciation of main characters and it is insanely maddening. extreme overuse of slobbery sounding characters is also annoying.

A note for the Roy Dotrice (and other narrators)

Roy, you've done a great job narrating the series up until this point, but you've completely destroyed your reputation in my eyes by not taking the time to go back and remember the voices you used for the different characters. Hearing them all speak with someone else's voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard. My favorite voice was Dolorous Edd, but you've essentially killed that character and replaced him with someone I don't know. :-(

nerd out

The hardest listen compared to the rest of the series. much if the story in this book is left out of the show which makes it all new and interesting

Enjoyable

great continuation, looking forward to see where everyone has ended up. Roy detrice has kinda forgot the voices and original pronunciations of characters but it doesn't really take away from the plot.